Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817-1911) English botanist, plant geographer and collector, born in Halesworth, Suffolk. Succeeded his father as Director of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in 1865-1885. Surgeon-botanist on British Antarctic expedition of HMS...

John Denton Pinkstone French, Earl of Ypres (1852-1925) British Army officer born in Ripple Vale, Kent, England. Created Field Marshal in 1913. Commanded the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) at the beginning of the First World War. Because of poor...

Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico: Maximilian (1832-1967) was born Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian Joseph of Austria and was proclaimed Emperor of Mexico on 10 April 1864 with the backing of Napoleon III of France. Few foreign government recognised his...

The Book of Kells, sometimes known as the Book of Columba),is an illuminated manuscript Gospel book in Latin, containing the four Gospels of the New Testament together with various prefatory texts and tables. It was created by Celtic monks ca. 800 or...

French tank depicted in the cover of 'The army of France in combat' Magazine published by the Free French forces during World War Two to mark the progress in the struggle to liberate France from German occupation 1944

Horatius Cocles Defending the Sublician Bridge, Florence, c 1550, tempera on panel. Pieces of Italian furniture, especially chests (Cassoni), were often decorated with scenes from legends and Classical antiquity. Although Cassoni were painted by some of...

French tank depicted in the cover of 'The army of France in combat' Magazine published by the Free French forces during World War Two to mark the progress in the struggle to liberate France from German occupation 1944

Ben Hur: A Tale of The Christ is a 1925 American epic silent film directed by Fred Niblo. Starring Ramón Novarro and Francis X. Bushman it was based on the 1880 novel of the same name by Lew Wallace. The film appears on the National Film Registry of the...

José María Teclo Morelos y Pavón (1765 – 1815) Mexican Roman Catholic priest and revolutionary rebel leader who led the Mexican War of Independence movement. He was captured by the Spanish colonial authorities and executed for treason in 1815.

Paul and Silas were put in jail at Philippi. After a miraculous earthquake, the gates of the prison fell apart and Paul and Silas could have escaped but remained; this event led to the conversion of the jailor